Kenya is staring at disqualification from taking part in the AFCON 2023 qualifiers if the current impulse that has seen the Football Kenya Federation suspended by FIFA will not be resolved two weeks before the qualifiers kick-off.Confederation of African Football announced that the first two match days of the qualifiers will be played in the June FIFA window, which means that Kenya has up to mid-May to sort out the mess which seems unlikely.The 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) Qualification Draw will be conducted on 19th April.Kenya, who are currently serving a FIFA suspension are in Port 2. However, if the suspension is not lifted two weeks to Match Day One, Kenya and Zimbabwe will kicked out.#AFCON2023 pic.twitter.com/H9E9kI6LFh— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) April 12, 2022 The draw for the group stages of the qualifiers will take place next week on Tuesday, April 19, with the body expected to announce all the platforms where people can watch and follow the draw in due courseFIFA ratified the suspension of the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) following a landslide poll by the FIFA Council Members on Thursday, March 31 with the suspension remaining indefinite as it will be lifted once the Football Kenya Federation Caretaker Committee is ousted and the previous FKF regime reinstated in office.FKF Caretaker Committee’s tenure is set to come to an end in early May and it remains to be seen what will take precedence upon the lapse.Blow as FIFA ratifies Kenya suspensionAlso, the draw for the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations set for July this year in Morocco will be conducted on April 25 at 11:30 PM EAT, with also the CHAN Algeria 2023 Qualifiers draw coming three days later.Qualifiers for CHAN 2023 are expected to kick off in July this year, just a month after the AFCON 2023 qualifiers start.Already, Kenya’s Harambee Starlets are victims of the impulse having missed the chance to play in the last round of the AWCON 2022 qualifiers earlier.
